Rural Communities

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR ‘JOBS ACT’ TO MAKE PELL GRANTS ELIGIBLE FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday cosponsored bipartisan legislation to help more Americans secure better-paying jobs by allowing students to use federal Pell Grants to afford high-quality, shorter-term job training programs.

The Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act (S.161) would expand Pell Grant eligibility in...

HYDE-SMITH TAKES DOUBLE-BARRELED AIM AT ATF PISTOL BRACE RULE

Cosponsors Two Measures to Overturn Rule that Subjects More Firearms to Unconstitutional Registry, Tax & Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today took double-barreled aim at a Biden administration rule that will subject millions of law-abiding firearm owners to registration, taxation, and regulation requirements that violate their constitutional Second Amendment rights.

Hyde-Smith is an original...

HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY ANNOUNCE ESTABLISHMENT OF CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today reported success in their efforts to establish an Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

After both Senators advocated for the formation of the office, language establishing the CDC Office of Rural Health was included in the FY2023 funding bill signed into law by President Biden in...